Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-92

  Van De Leemput, Ingrid A ^a   Wichers, Marieke ^b   Cramer, Angélique O J ^c   Borsboom, Denny ^c   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^d   Kuppens, Peter ^d,e   Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Viechtbauer, Wolfgang ^b   Giltay, Erik J ^f   Aggen, Steven H ^g   Derom, Catherine ^d,h   Jacobs, Nele ^b,i   Kendler, Kenneth S ^g,j   Van Der Maas, Han L J ^c   Neale, Michael C ^g   Peeters, Frenk ^b   Thiery, Evert ^k   Zachar, Peter ^l   Scheffer, Marten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^j VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Critical transitions; Early warning signals; Experience sampling method; Positive feedback

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMS THEORY;

CRITICAL TRANSITIONS; EARLY WARNING SIGNALS; EXPERIENCE SAMPLING METHOD; POSITIVE FEEDBACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891949610     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312114110     Document Type: Article

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